Notable News Events, and How the Journal Covered Them

WSJ on the Web

Hard to believe, but the WSJ.com address has just turned 20 years old, and the Journal’s later announcement in 1995 about going “on-line” had to point out that readers “will need a computer with a modem” and “a connection to an Internet service provider.”

Today in WSJ History

As the Journal celebrates its 125th year, we look back on how the paper covered the biggest news events since the first paper – just four pages, priced at two cents – was published on July 8, 1889. (Subscribers in 1889 were offered an annual deal of just $5, though of course that didn’t include a digital edition.) Watch this space for how the paper covered wars, crashes, sinkings (we didn’t get the Titanic quite right), celebrations, inventions, triumphs and other notable events.